对于鱼儿来说，河流是著名的。

The river is famous to the fish.

对于寂静来说，吵闹是著名的。

The loud voice is famous to silence,

但寂静知道它将继承大地，

which knew it would inherit the earth

在任何人提及此事之前。

before anybody said so.

对于鸟儿来说，睡在篱笆上的猫是著名的。

The cat sleeping on the fence is famous to the birds

它们一直在鸟舍里注视着它。

watching him from the birdhouse.

有一瞬间，对于面颊来说，泪水是著名的。

The tear is famous, briefly, to the cheek.

你所珍视的想法，

The idea you carry close to your bosom

对于你的胸膛来说是著名的。

is famous to your bosom.

对于大地来说，皮靴是著名的，

The boot is famous to the earth,

超过西装皮鞋，

more famous than the dress shoe,

只有对于地板，后者才是著名的。

which is famous only to floors.

对折的照片对于携带它的人是著名的，

The bent photograph is famous to the one who carries it

而照片上的人对此一无所知。

and not at all famous to the one who is pictured.

我希望我是著名的，

I want to be famous to shuffling men

对于微笑着踱步走过街道的男人们，

who smile while crossing streets,

对于排队买东西的汗津津的孩子们，

sticky children in grocery lines,

就像那些回报以微笑的人们一样著名。

famous as the one who smiled back.

我希望我成名的方式类似于滑轮，

I want to be famous in the way a pulley is famous,

或者扣眼，并不是因为它们做了什么辉煌的大事，

or a buttonhole, not because it did anything spectacular,

而是因为它们从未忘记自己能做些什么。

but because it never forgot what it could do.